Fatal pulmonary infection with Mycobacterium celatum in an apparently immunocompetent patient.
Mycobacterium celatum is a recently described mycobacterium isolated from patients who have suppressed cell-mediated immunity, such as AIDS. We present here, to our knowledge, the first report of a fatal pulmonary infection caused by M. celatum in a 73-year-old immunocompetent female patient. The mycobacterium was identified by a 16S rRNA sequence analysis.
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I. Medizinische Klinik, DRK-Krankenhaus Neuwied, Germany. bux-gewehr@t-online.de
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D000368:Aged; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007111:Immunity, Cellular; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011859:Radiography; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S